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Comics Writer Marv Wolfman to Pen PlanetSide 2

Longtime comics scribe Marv Wolfman will lend his talents to PlanetSide 2, Sony Online Entertainment announced today, penning the backstory for the MMOFPS franchise and setting up the conflict between the game's three factions.

Wolfman, who has worked on some of the biggest titles in comics during his 40-plus years in the industry, including Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern, is perhaps most famous for writing the Crisis On Infinite Earths series, effectively streamlining 50 years of DC comics history.

"Marv is an extremely talented writer and was an instrumental partner in the creation of DC Universe Online; we are thrilled to team up with him again," SOE COO Russ Shanks said in a statement. "Marv has the ability to create powerful storylines, compelling characters and rich, interlocking narratives that will provide an all-new depth and meaning to the PlanetSide experience for players to enjoy."

"I'm thrilled to be working with SOE again," Wolfman said. "Not only do I get to take elements from the original PlanetSide and further develop an extensive backstory that can help players more fully understand this incredible new world, but even better, I get to create dozens of individual characters that I hope will help bring alive the story of PlanetSide 2 for the entire player community."

Planetside 2 is now in development for Windows PCs. The game's release date remains TBA.

Spy Guy says: Nice. PlanetSide definitely needs a bit of meaning added to its conflict. Glad to hear Wolfman is the man doing the adding.